Cairo residents enjoy the Nile River at dusk on Valentine's Day. Although not a traditional holiday in Egypt, globalization has made Valentine's Day increasingly popular with young urban Cairenes. For many Egyptians, life has slowly begun to return to normal, just days after the overthrow of former President Honsi Mubarak.

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The aurora borealis, or northern lights, light up the sky above the village of Grotfjord, near Tromso, northern Norway.

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Afghan refugee boys wait for their lunch outside their home inside a refugee camp in Kabul, Afghanistan.

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Seen here is the landscape of dunes in the Takla Makan (Taklamakan or Taklimakan) Desert on Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. China is expected to build its first desert airport in Takla Makan Desert in the next five years.

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French lovers David, 22 and Charlene, 23, lock a padlock to mark Valentine's day in front of Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris. The padlocks on the railings of the bridge are left by lovers who lock their padlocks onto the fence and throw the key into the Seine river as a symbol of enduring love.

Children swing burning small rice bags in a festival to pray for good health and harvests in the coming year at Kakunodate, northern Japan. The centuries old event took place around this time of the year in the northern Japanese prefecture known for its rice production.

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A boy rides a skate board as a gap in the clouds appears to form a heart shape over the Mediterranean sea on Valentines Day in Tel Aviv, Israel.

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An art installation called 'The Runner' is seen on top of a car park in Liverpool, northern England. The artwork is one of 11 pieces on public display across the city as part of the month long Liverpool Discovers festival.

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An engaged couple sits on a bicycle as they pose for wedding photographs to the theme of "naked wedding", on a pedestrian bridge on Valentine's Day in central Beijing. "Naked wedding" is a popular new expression in China which means young couples get married with no houses, cars or little bank savings.

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Egyptian policemen take part in a protest demanding for higher wages in front of the Interior Ministry in Cairo.

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People make their way past snow covered cars during a heavy snowfall in Gangneung, South Korea. The biggest snowfall in a century has buried cities in eastern South Korea and prompted rescue operations involving some 12,000 soldiers, as the coldest winter in years grips the peninsula.

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Girls charge during a pillow fight in front of the Royal Palace in Madrid. The pillow fight was organized by a flashmob though the internet and by cell phone messages.

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An Egyptian workers sweeps sand away at the entrance of the Giza pyramids on the outskirts of Cairo. The upheaval of recent weeks and media coverage of days of violent clashes have combined to scare off visitors and stifle Egypt's key tourism industry, threatening thousands of jobs.

A view of an illuminated mosque is seen during celebrations marking Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi, the birthday of Prophet Mohammad, in Karachi. Muslims across Pakistan will celebrate the birth of the Prophet Mohammed on February 16.

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A woman walks under snow-covered trees during snowfall in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi.

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A person carries a traditional "torito", made of paper, as people run away from fireworks exploding around them in Zapotitlan, outskirts of Mexico City, to celebrate the day of Saint Santiago. The" toritos" are bulls made of paper and fireworks that men carry on their backs among onlookers they run with the fireworks exploding.

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Passengers push a car across a busy intersection in China.

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Activists from women's rights organization "Femen" take part in a protest against Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in front of Italy's embassy in Kiev.